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From PBS: In 2009, 31 million kids were living in familieswith incomes below twice the federal poverty threshold. That’s 42 percent of the kids in the United States who are just a few of mom’s or dad’s paychecks away from economic catastrophe, says Patrick McCarthy, CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which released the statistics this week as part of its latest Kids Count study. Nearly 8 million children in 2010 were living with at least one parent who was unemployed.

From PBS:

In 2009, 31 million kids were living in familieswith incomes below twice the federal poverty threshold.

That’s 42 percent of the kids in the United States who are just a few of mom’s or dad’s paychecks away from economic catastrophe, says Patrick McCarthy, CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which released the statistics this week as part of its latest Kids Count study.

Nearly 8 million children in 2010 were living with at least one parent who was unemployed.

pbs.org